Canadians are somewhat indifferent to the monarchy, but most have great affection for the queen, whose silhouette marks their coins, as well as her grandsons and Kate.
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On Sunday, the royal couple will visit Sheway, which has helped vulnerable mothers since 1993 in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, an area of the city that has become synonymous with urban poverty and substance abuse.
1 visit to British Columbia and Yukon by her son William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
The last time the royals visited Canada they only had seven staff members join them.
If you do have the opportunity to address them they should be addressed initially as Your Royal Highness and then after that as Sir or Ma’am as appropriate.
Still, Tidridge said Canadians will tune in due to the “glossy magazine” aspect of the youthful royal family.
Barricades on either side will let the crowd get very close to the Duke and Duchess and anywhere on the lawn that’s not barricaded people will be able to line up to try and see them. The announcement comes as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge continue to concentrate their efforts on their Heads Together initiative which they set up a year ago with Prince Harry, the aim of which is to end the stigma around mental health.
“I’m thinking of when the late Diana, Princess of Wales, William’s mother, visited a clinic and shook hands with someone suffering from AIDS”, she said.
While Kate Middleton and Prince William are trying to squeeze in some leisure time during the visit, Queen Elizabeth made sure that every day is filled with engagements.
Trudeau is scheduled only to attend events in Victoria and Vancouver.
In 2014, it was the Prince George which was his first official trip to Australia and New Zealand.
The highlight of the attraction will be Vermeer’s The Music Lesson and Kate will see the painting after she has toured the gallery’s permanent collection.
And while they do have 30 engagements on their week-long itinerary, most include visiting a rain forest, experiencing a float plane, riding a canoe and fishing in the Canadian wilderness.
Their most enjoyable day of the trip is tipped to be Monday, when they arrive at the Great Bear Rainforest – the world’s largest temperate rainforest. Finally, they will get the chance to try out some fishing on the waters of the Hecate Strait. They are expected to meet a Syrian family who arrived in Canada after the Trudeau government began an ambitious Syrian immigration program.
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Saturday: The royals will be waved off with a departure ceremony at Victoria Harbour Airport, British Columbia.
